also: トランジスターグラマー
noun
petite woman with a curvy figure
Dated wasei-eigo term from the mid-20th century, comparing a small, attractive woman to a transistor radio. Often used in a nostalgic or retro context.
wasei-eigo (Japanese-coined English), from transistor glamour
彼女は昔ながらのトランジスタグラマーって感じだね。
She has that old-school transistor-glamour look, doesn't she?
昭和の映画にはトランジスタグラマーと呼ばれる女優がよく出ていた。
Actresses called transistor-glamour girls often appeared in Showa-era films.
Wasei-eigo from English 'transistor' and 'glamour', coined in the mid-20th century when transistor radios were a symbol of compactness. The exact origin is uncertain, but it became a popular slang term for a petite, curvy woman.